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General Discussion / Re: "Ten Pound Poms"
« Last post by PamMcD on 25 May, 2023, 02:41:36 PM »Was there ever any nastiness from the indeginous population though?
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General Discussion / Re: "Ten Pound Poms"
« Last post by LeeB6430 on 24 May, 2023, 06:58:31 AM »The best 20 quid I ever spent (kids 'transported' free).
I never knew that you actually paid for your passage Martin, and that you weren't aware of the assisted passage scheme. I would have thought that I/we would have mentioned it in our snail mail comms prior to your arrival. I do remember the day you arrived in Adelaide on the Overlander train, ex Melbourne. - Middle of June, we thought it was freezing, (it may have been raining), but and you thought the weather was beautiful.
I never knew that you actually paid for your passage Martin, and that you weren't aware of the assisted passage scheme. I would have thought that I/we would have mentioned it in our snail mail comms prior to your arrival. I do remember the day you arrived in Adelaide on the Overlander train, ex Melbourne. - Middle of June, we thought it was freezing, (it may have been raining), but and you thought the weather was beautiful.
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General Discussion / Re: "Ten Pound Poms"
« Last post by MR on 19 May, 2023, 09:02:20 AM »That sounds like the infamous Ocker, Pam - insulting people was his role in life, so don't take it personally! I read an article about the 10 pound poms program and it seemed to focus on the multinational Aussies feeling that the poms were given an unfair advantage over migrants from other nations. The only bit that annoys me in retrospect is that I was so keen to get downunder for the good weather and skydiving that I sold my parachute and hopped on the first boat I could find, the SS Britannis - it cost me 237 quid from memory, and I never knew about the 10 quid program until I actually arrived in Australia. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
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General Discussion / Re: Replacing the Guest Book
« Last post by LeeB6430 on 17 May, 2023, 02:40:22 AM »Hi All, this post is to achieve the same as MR did a couple of days ago ie. Elevate Topic in list. We shouldn't have to keep doing this 
Also please note the Topic 'Logging in Comments' is no longer sticky - it is currently midway down page 2 - another post will move it up the list to just below the sticky Topics.
Cheers
LeeB
Also please note the Topic 'Logging in Comments' is no longer sticky - it is currently midway down page 2 - another post will move it up the list to just below the sticky Topics.
Cheers
LeeB
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General Discussion / Re: Avatars on this MB
« Last post by LeeB6430 on 17 May, 2023, 02:25:33 AM »Hi Pam, There are Avatar related instructions in my post (on this topic) dated 18/10/21.
There is one change, the text should be as follows:
quote:
Login using your 'username' & 'password'
mouse-over 'Profile' then click 'Forum Profile'
Click 'Modify Profile' then in the 'Personalized Picture' section
'Browse' to the required filename (in the Explorer-like window) and select it,
Then Select the 'Upload an Avatar' radio button.
At this stage you can scroll to the bottom right corner of the page and click on 'Change Profile' - You will get a green box indicating successful changes applied.
You can add/change other info as you see fit, ie. Personal Text; ??Birth date??; ??Location??; ??Gender??; Website title - 208 Signal Squadron; and Website URL - https://www.marsden.me.uk There are two options for the last two items either none or both.
These fields are not mandatory.
unquote:
Hope this helps. BTW are you going to use the photo that I 'photoshopped' for you?
Cheers
Lee
There is one change, the text should be as follows:
quote:
Login using your 'username' & 'password'
mouse-over 'Profile' then click 'Forum Profile'
Click 'Modify Profile' then in the 'Personalized Picture' section
'Browse' to the required filename (in the Explorer-like window) and select it,
Then Select the 'Upload an Avatar' radio button.
At this stage you can scroll to the bottom right corner of the page and click on 'Change Profile' - You will get a green box indicating successful changes applied.
You can add/change other info as you see fit, ie. Personal Text; ??Birth date??; ??Location??; ??Gender??; Website title - 208 Signal Squadron; and Website URL - https://www.marsden.me.uk There are two options for the last two items either none or both.
These fields are not mandatory.
unquote:
Hope this helps. BTW are you going to use the photo that I 'photoshopped' for you?
Cheers
Lee
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General Discussion / Re: Replacing the Guest Book
« Last post by MR on 16 May, 2023, 11:22:34 AM »Just thought I'd make a brief post to reposition this topic at the top of the pinned notices after Pam highjacked top spot asking about avatars!
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General Discussion / Re: Avatars on this MB
« Last post by PamMcD on 16 May, 2023, 10:14:03 AM »I don't even know how to get avatars. Please tell me Lee.
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General Discussion / "Ten Pound Poms"
« Last post by PamMcD on 16 May, 2023, 10:10:47 AM »This is a nice juicy topic. Ten Pound Poms in the title of a new TV programme on Brit TV. I am recording it but not sure thet I will ever watch it. My daughter tells me that the indigenous population was not very nice to the poms who were invited to come over to Oz by theAussie government. It started me wondering how the Brits were treated by their Aussie counterparts and if there were many altercations? I was given a clue when I was in Oz staying with John and Carmol Darling. I can't remember this chaps name but his wife was called Camilla and he has since died. I was livid that he was so rude about Brits openly to my face, but as we were in a shopping mall, I buttoned my lip. 
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General Discussion / Re: Replacing the Guest Book
« Last post by MR on 16 May, 2023, 04:30:24 AM »Thanks Lee - and have to say it would be nice if it did get lost amongst so many other threads being started because that would indicate a return to normal after all the cc (covid cancellations) of the past few years! Fingers crossed...
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General Discussion / Re: Replacing the Guest Book
« Last post by LeeB6430 on 16 May, 2023, 03:51:24 AM »Martin,
You will have noticed that this thread is now 'sticky' ie it remains in the top section of the Topic list, so that it does not get lost in amongst all the other Threads/Topics being generated these days. 
You will have noticed that this thread is now 'sticky' ie it remains in the top section of the Topic list, so that it does not get lost in amongst all the other Threads/Topics being generated these days.